“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.”

Yes. I’ve been the “smartest” person in the room once or twice, during a crisis. It sucks!

Edit: And by “smartest” I just mean “only one in that room remotely qualified to plan our response to the current crisis.”

I don’t actually believe “smartest” exists.

There’s just who has the experience most needed in the current moment.

We tend to call that person “smart”.